Looking for a list of top gardening blogs? The team at CouponAudit has put up a great list of gardening blogs that you should follow in 2013. And guess what? Sharpex Blog is part of this list! This is yet another confirmation of all the hard work our team is doing for this blog. You can check out the full list below. Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin for wordpress.

Home Gardening is not just a hobby anymore. It is growing into a movement. Gardening is not just a productive way to spend your extra time, it also adds to the health quotient of you and your family. In this infographic below, designed by Andrea Heser for Cleveland Clinic, gives a visual depiction of why home gardening is becoming so popular.     Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin for wordpress.

We all know that a garden can be a colorful place, primarily because of flowers. But do you also know that flowers can be of a variety of colors, not just of the common colors we are used to seeing. Here is an infographic from Networx.com matches every colors in a typical crayon box with a perennials flower of the same color. Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin for wordpress.

This article has been written and contributed on behalf of Less Moving Stress. A true legend and one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Hanging Gardens were said to be one of the most impressive feats of biophilic design long before this term was ever used. They were located in the city of Babylon, built by the order of the legendary King Nebuchadnezzar II and  were apparently something truly breathtaking. The Greek [...]

Did you know that the lawn mower was first invented in 1827 by Edwin budding and looked like this?   This design was patented in 1830. Since then, the lawn mower has seen numerous makeover and improvements culminating finally, to the gas and electric mowers that we are well aware of. The infographic (shared via visual.ly) below tracks the evolution of lawn mowers in the past one and half century and also builds a case [...]

In today’s post, out guest blogger Mike Hall talks about how we can use grow tents to grow plants indoors in a controlled environment. Mike represents Growell, a UK based hydroponics retailer. There are a huge number of gardeners out there that now use grow tents as a means of growing plants indoors. They are discrete, come in a full range of shapes and sizes, are on the whole easy to run and also minimise the [...]

Did you know that there is a scale for measuring the “hotness” of chillies? As this infographic from Love the Garden explains, the scale for measuring heat in chillies is called “scoville Scale.” Scoville scale is the measurement of spicy heat of chillies. This infographic gives the ratings for various types of chillies and compares the heat of chillies in different parts of the world. There is also a guide on growing chillies inside your home and [...]

Bonsai is an ancient Chinese horticultural art form, adopted by the Japanese and popularized in the western world about a hundred years ago. Bonsai is a Japanese word which means, “planted in a container.” Here are some interesting facts about Bonsai: Bonsai as a horticultural art form started in China about 2000 years ago. Originally bonsai trees used to be spread throughout China as luxurious gifts. Bonsai style is influenced by Zen Buddhism popular in [...]

According to Wikipedia: Hydroponics is a method of growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions, in water, without soil. Terrestrial plants may be grown with their roots in the mineral nutrient solution only or in an inert medium, such as perlite, gravel, mineral wool, expanded clay or coconut husk. Hydroponic farming works on the belief that plants don’t need soil for their existence, soil is just a source for water and nutrients. So if water and [...]

We all hate pests, especially those that damage our beautiful lawn. But there is one insect which is not a pest but a friend for your garden soil – the earthworm! Earthworms have the unique ability to break soil and dead plant matter to produce nutrients that are beneficial for the plants growing in the soil. Not only do they distribute the nutrients to the entire soil area, they also soften the soil by tunneling [...]